Our Background

Shawn Samuel – President

Since 2003, Shawn has served as President of JDC Construction Company, LLC, overseeing pre-construction and construction management services on a variety of development projects.  In this capacity he coordinates the administrative and on-site details to ensure that projects stay on schedule and within budget.  He works directly with clients, government agencies, general contractors, and consultants towards the goal of providing a finished product that satisfies the client’s requirements.  Shawn has extensive experience working both on the construction site and working alongside all stakeholders to ensure a project’s timely completion.  His experience ranges from working as a senior project manager with Orr Partners and as a project manager with The Leapley Company.

As a senior project manager with Orr Partners, Shawn was responsible monitoring construction progress against the established budget and schedule, coordinate public utilities and government agencies, processed soft and hard cost invoicing, issued monthly progress reports to owners, resolved project issues amongst the team (owner, architect, consultants and contractors), perform final cost accounting for project, review RFI and Submittal’s for process and compliance, verified material productions in other states and issued flash reports. As a project manager with The Leapley Company, Shawn was responsible for Bidding and negotiating with subcontractors, issue subcontracts and purchase orders, prepare construction schedules, negotiate sub-contract change orders and present them to owners for approval.

Project Managers

Our project managers have a great reputation at JDC. Their experience includes involvement in several areas dealing with construction management, project safety requirements, and budget monitoring. Many JDC project managers also specialize in other areas such as affordable housing, real estate acquisition and development. JDC project managers maintain several key public/private ventures and publicly financed projects. Each project manager carries years of relevant project management experience in the construction field.

Office Managers/Compliance Officers

JDC office managers and compliance officers are responsible for overseeing all project files including job site meeting minutes, requisitions, change orders and change order logs. Additionally, our managers prepare monthly reports for lenders, owners and investors — while compliance officers support the JDC project management team by overseeing contractor compliance with all DC subcontractor requirements, ensuring monthly reports are submitted, tracking submissions in a subcontractor reporting log and identifying any deficiencies. Each office manager and compliance officer holds years of relevant experience in the construction field.